irivinr
Across
Tunisia
iowaras
Tripu
-Enemy
Being
Knock
r
ed
I
rom
Air
V.JO'J
Doc
1
0
Allied
col-.tijiS
across
TunUla
un-x
being
rapidly
cleared
of
ii.r
force,
are
steadily
..:
two
wedges
aimed
at
Axis
fore
in
Tunis
and
-
d
cutting
them
olf
from
.11
id
route
to
Tripoli,
It
t
v
(
i
Ar
C.
meed
today
at
Allied
:&
m
North
Africa.
13:
,i
i.h
and
American
force
d
stabbing
close
to
the
.
a
few
miles
ihort
of
f
severing
the
last
high
-
rrunicatlon
left
to
the
r
Ln
iiona
at
Bteerte
and
:
force
of
Americans
and
r
rn
hmen
is
Dlunaing
to-
,
oast
farther
south
In
a
.
.
i2
the
Tunis-Tripoli
road
:ir
Mediterranean
shore1
.
itral
Tunisia.
Allied
air
j
mounting
hourly,
It
is
authoritatively.
C
uro
Allied
air
blows
,
l
and
Blterte
were
j
willi
land
action
on
the
butt
lei
runt
confined
to
utrol
activity
In
the
:.A
of
Bl
Aghella.
,
forces,
supported
by
a
-
-
of
aerial
blows
at
the
:
both
stduoMbc
Madl-
have
stormed
forward
1CS.S
than
twelve
miles
a
the
drive
which
had
s.iaIM
that
city
and
iw
main
Axis-held
strong
...
Tunisia.
Headquarter
ij
yesterday
disclosed
i
n
was
now
in
progress
Dirrfc-lda.
twelve
mites
of
the
Tunis-Blzerte
indicating
hi
me
.ving
a
wedge
straight
U-.
coast
to
separate
the
holds.
.
reports
said
that
Birtc
j
iy
under
bombardment
v.ic
British
parachute
r
a
,
landed
to
capture
an
a
t,
far
from
Tunis.
NEW
GUINEA
On
(iona-Buna
Area
I
leree
Fighting
doing
On
M!
WHERE
IN
NEW
OUINEA,
l
Australian
ground
'uvc
captured
a
beach
area
I'M
vards
west
of
oona
ana
j'j.hfd
on
toward
Sananaaa,
dUolosed.
The
attack
was
'd
after
all
day
air
attacks
Buua-Oona
area
had
aoft-
Japanese
positions
and
It
U
d
to
have
cut
oir
a
pocicei
ai
a
holding
several
hundred
'::-
fighting
continues
with
the
.
r
position
becoming
more
"3
more
critical.
E
hf
more
Japanese
zeros
have
br:.i
hot
down
since
yesterday
wl'.h
the
Allies
losing
two
planes.
ARTISTS
HUEAKBOWN
LONDON.
Dec.
1
0
C.
It.
W.
NcvI:;on.
A.R.A..
whose
latest
pic
ur
nntiiPfiPirU
of
Britain"
was
fecn'ly
accepted
by
Prime
Mlnls-'
irr
Churchill
for
the
nation,
has
had
a
breakdown
with
paralysis
and
ry0
affliction
and
"may
never
Pami
again."
He
was
at
Dieppe.
JAILF.KS
MADE
BREAK
t'LARKSBURO,
W.
Va..
Dec.
1
""
Jailers
had
to
"break
a
prison
er
imt
the
city
lockup
recently.
Ho
due
to
get
out
but
the
key
wouldn't
work
so
they
used
a
edge-hammer.
MINISTER
PLAN
FOR
IS
ELECTED
LaFlcche
Wins
Federal
Seat
Inde
pendent
in
Charlevoix
C.C.F.
In
Winnipeg
OTTAWA.
Dec
1
to
-
Frederic
Dorlon
was
elected
In
Charlevoix
jiuenav
federal
by-election
yes
terday.
Running
at
an
independent
he
defeated
Mrs.
Perre
Casgraln
xna
inree
omers
running
as
inoe-
pendent
Liberals.
Rev.
Stanley
Knowles,
Coropera
tlve
Commonwealth
Federation,
was
elected
In
Winnipeg
Noith
cen
-tre
by-election
which
wax
necewi
tated
by
the
death
of
the
late
J.
S.
Woodworth.
C.C.F.
leader.
Major
Oeneral
L.
R.
La
Heche,
war
services
minister,
was
elected
In
the
by-election
In
Montreal-Out
remoni
rldlne
defeating
Jean
Drapeau,
candidal
of
the
draftees.
SECURITY
Great
Britain
Considers
Program
Of
Social
Welfare
From
Cradle
To
Grave
LONDON,
Dec.
1
(CI)
In
the
mot
sweeping
plan
of
government-sponsored
social
security
legislation
ever
put
forward
in
any
country,
Sir
William
Bev-erldge's
planning
commission
proposed
today
that
British
establish
a
new
ministry
of
social
security
and
virtually
double
the
present
eipenditure
of
$1,300,-000000
annually
on
unemployment,
health
insurance
and
pensions.
The
broad
program
covers
public
welfare
literally
from
the
cradle'
to
the
grave,
providing
among
other
things
public
assistance
grants
for
births,
deaths,
marriages
and
funerals.
MEN'S
FIVE
PIN
BOWLS
SavMors
Still
on
Top
But
Shake-up
Among
Kunners-up
RivMors
still
hold
the
lead
over
,
the
rest
of
the
Men's
Five
Pin
Bowl
ing
League
by
five
games
as
a
re
sult
of
last
night's
play
but
there
U
a
big
shake-up
in
the
runner-
up
teams.
Burns
and
Monarchs.
formerly
tied
in
second
place,
are
illll
tied
but
for
fouith
place
cm-.
i
it.
nc.se
Youth
Association
anui
mi
Force,
tied
last
week
for
third
spot,
now
stand
second
and
third
respec
tively.
Air
Force
edged
out
the
SavMors
Inn
In
one
last
nlaht.
This
was
the
first
major
defeat
suffered
by
the
o,Mr
nhlnese
Youth
took
a
lX
V
triple
from
Burns
while
stone
s
aiso
crorf
n
clean
sweep
over
Mon-
archs.
All
Stars
hit
Ordnance
for
ih
full
pnunt.
Painters
shaded
Watts
and
Ntckerson
squad
two
to
one
and
Signals
were
awaroxa
Damp
bv
Boom
ueiencc
...vy,
tnam
didn't
show
up.
niiivii
-
rk..v
t
arnix
of
tne
Air
rorce
VIIUVn,
mw---"
-
shot
high
three
games
of
676
and
high
single
of
28.
tiii
v
r.NT
KI.SIC.N
t
nxmnw
n.
l
fD
Word
comes
from
Nazi-run
Norway
mav
wu-......
-i
a
k
rwent
dlsalfec-
tlons
in
his
ranks,
has
banned
all
resignations.
NORSE
IS
SCOTLAM)
trrTMntrrntr
Dec.
1
At
Drumtochty
Castle
on
the
fringe
of
the
Scottish
Highlands,
King
Haakon
of
Norway
recently
open
ed
a
school
for
about
60
nocB.u
children.
Mrs.
J.
E.
Gibson
and
son,
Sonny
and
John
McLean
and
daughter
Muriel
nrrivprt
in
the
city
yester
day
afternoon
from
Vancouver
w
attend
the
funeral
tomorrow
of
the
late
Mrs.
Harry
Mcnzle.
Two
thefts
of
cash
from
dwellings
In
Prince
Rupert
took
place
Saturday
night
One
was
from
a
bedroom
In
the
residence
of
J.
L.
McEwen.
Ml
Sixth
Avenue
East,
$15
benlg
taken
by
a
noctural
Intruder.
The
other
was
from
the
home
of
A.
E.
Deildal
In
the
Wal-
dron
Apartments,
about
$10
being
taken
from
a
handbag.
In
the
Deildal
case,
the
Intruder,
described
as
being
young,
tall
and
slim,
was
seen
by
Mrs.
Deildal
who
had
occasion
to
go
to
the
kitchen
at
2:30
in
the
morning
after
hav
ing
arrived
only
that
night
from
a
trin
to
Winnipeg.
The
intruder
was
crouched
beside
a
table,
cs
canine
through
a
door
on
being
spen.
Evident
v.
he
had
oeen
u
the
dining
room
before
that
and
taken
the
money.
The
McEwen
house
was
entered
by
cutting
the
glass
out
of
a
bed
room
window.
In
neither
case
were
the
losses
discovered
until
the
following
day.
There
are
understood
to
havo
been
other
similar
cases.
TAKES
OVER
WHITE
PASS
General
C
K.
Cray
Here
Yesterday
Lnroutc
From
Washington,
D.C.,
to
Skagway
General
C
R.
Gray
was
here
vnct.rriAv
on
his
-way
from
Wash
ington,
D.C..
to
Skagway
where
he
will
assume
control
of
the
White
Yukon
Railway
which
has
been
taken
over
by.
the
United
States
Department
of
War
for
tne
riiirntinn
of
the
war.
Only
the
rail
way
Is
being
taken
over
by
the
Uni
ted
States
government,
tnc
oper
oHnn
nf
Yukon
River
boats
remain
Ing
In
the
hands
of
the
owning
company.
WFXL-l'ATCIILR
TIRE
WHITE
STATION,
Tenn.,
Dec.
Th
nutomer
wanted
S.
A.
Burk
hart
to
put
six
new
patches
on
his
Inner
tube.
The
tube
already
had
79
patches
on
It.
PROVINCE
LIBRARY
Tomorrow
sTides
Local
Temperature
Wm
(Standard
Time)
High
8:41
ajn.
18.1
feet
21:05
p.m.
16.5
(eet
Low
1:51
a.m.
7.8
feet
41
Maximum
33
14:46
p.m.
9.0
feet
M.,Jmum
i
Aw
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
1,
1942
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
itle
Much
Alarmed
Over
Russia
ill
I
IN
K
"
trr
K
:
i
I
JVC
A
Dr
MOVING
ON
IN
AFRICA
JUMPING
INTO
SPACE
By
O.
L.
LANDSBERG
Canadian
Press
Correspondent
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
Dec.
1
O
Evidence
of
Biasil's
desire
to
or-
'anise
all
uroauct.on
and
economic
facilities
for
co-operation
with
the
Jnited
Nations
in
waging
total
wa:
against
the
Axis
is
seen
here
In
th?
ippolntment
of
Joao
Alberto
Lins
le
Bar
res
as
the
nation's
first
ec-inomic
co-ordlnator.
Mr.
de
Barres.
who
Is
known
to
Canadians
as
Brazil's
first
minis
ter
to
the
Dominion,
has
direct
control
over
all
production,
Industrial
equipment,
labor,
raw
materials,
prices
and
profits.
Not
only
does
Mr.
de
Barres
direct
all
of
Snail's
internal
economy
but
he
co-ordinates
the
nation's
production
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
United
Nations
through
direct
contact
with
the
United
States
co
ordinator
for
inter-American
affairs
urhn
maintains
an
office
in
Rio
de
Janeiro
where
a
considerable
organization
has
already
been
developed.
Bank
Holiday
To
meet
the
problem
of
currency
hoarding
which
developed
after
Uit
government
decreed
a
state
of
bel-
laerency.
the
ministry
of
finance
lecreed
a
week's
bank
holiday
and
announced
Its
Intention
of
recall-
na
the
entire
present
currency
and
Its
substitution
by
a
new
note
issue.
The
chanee
in
currency
was
ex
pected
to
force
all
hoarders
to
de-
lare
their
-holdings.
The
hoaiding
problem
was
indicated
by
a
one-
hlrd
Increase
in
the
nations
cur
rency
Issue,
accompanied
by
a
corresponding
Increase
In
bank
de
posits.
Another
recent
decree
provici-
inn
the
death
sentence
for
treason
and
espionage
marked
an
extra
ordinary
departure
from
Brazilian
nenal
nractlcc.
The
law
was
made
retroactive
to
last
January
when
nrazll
broke
off
diplomatic
rela
tlons
wltli
the
Axis.
However
spies
nnnrehended
up
to
the
time
the
decree
was
issued
will
not
be
shot
but
will
be
liable
to
30
years
lm
prlsonmcnt.
.
POLICING
PENNY
SHOWS
LOS
ANGELES.
Dec.
1
CN-For
moral
protection
of
children
police
have
Inaugurated
regulation,
ot
the
old-time
penny
arcades
here.
lit
tc;
i
t'
T'.j,
arrru.
Cap)
II
A.
Fauquier.
Ottawa,
brother
of
famed
R.C.A.F.
ace.
ji.hnny
FauqaiT.
.-teps
out
into
space
from
a
transport
plane.
ROBBER
IN
BRAZIL
IN
FORCED
TO
DWELLINGS:
TOTALWAR
CHLORINATE
Nocturnal
Visitors
Get
Cash
From
Homes
of
J.
L.
McEwen
and
A.
Deildal
Will
Co-ordinate
Output
for
Con
flict
Against
Axis
Vancouver
Given
No
Choice
in
Mat
ter
Government
Would
Have
Taken
Over
System
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
1
9
The
Greater
Vancouver
Water
Board
iccepted
the
edict
that
this
city's
water
supply
must
be
chlorinated
Iter
Dr.
E.
A.
Cleveland.,
commis-toner.
;ead
a
letter
from
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie,
minister
of
pensions,
saying
that
the
government
had
prepared
'legal
measures
which.
If
enacted,
will
Involve
Immediately
the
taking
over
of
control
or
tne
entire
water
system."
Capt
Mackenzie
said
the
government
could
not
consent
to
a
Supreme
Court
reference
on
the
ques
tion
in
view
of
considerable
delay
which
might
be
Involved.
The
Water
Board
had
hitherto
Ignored
the
order
on
the
grounn
that
it
was
unnecessary
and
beyond
the
government's
power.
The
order,
when
issued,
was
also
sent
to
Prince
Rupert.
Victoria.
Nanalmo,
North
Vancouver
and
New
Westminster.
Capt.
Mackenzie
told
the
Water
Itoard
that
the
order
was
for
the
duration
of
the
war
only
with
the
government
bearing
the
cost.
Are
Organizing
Salvage
Sale
According
to
an
announcement
made
bv
F.
W.
Tuffrey.
commls
sioner
of
the
B.C.
Red
oross
um-
slon,
the
War
Chest
Committee,
Vancouver,
has
aeed
to
act
as
a
central
sellin?
agency
for
the
ap
proximate
200
Red
cross
Drancn
salvaae
committees
in
all
parts
of
he
nrovince.
chareing
oniy
Uie
con
oi
handling.
Net
proceeds
will
be
remitted
to
the
branch
of
origin.
National
salvage
officials,
when
re-
entlv
in
Vancouver,
stated
that
British
Columbia
stood
third
in
the
collection
of
salvage
throughout
Canada.
"Tills
Is
entirely
due
to
the
excellent
work
of
the
different
branches
of
the
Red
Cross
In
B.C."
Mr.
Tuffrey
said.
"It
is
hoped
that
all
the
citizens
of
the
province
win
continue
their
efforts,
so
that
B.C.
'enn
maintain
or
Improve
Us
na
tional
standing
In
this
Important
work."
Mrs.
Rod
McLeod
left
last
night
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
Fuehrer
Sends
Appeal
To
I
nvasion
Force
To
Hold
On
at
Any
Cost
Rzhcv
Held
Vital
to
Whole
Nazi
Campaign
in
Soviet
Bitter
German
Counter-attacks
Fail-
to
Stay
Advancing
Red
Army
MOSCOW,
Dec.
1
(CP)
Bitter
counter-attacks
by
Axis
troops
trapped
before
Stalingrad
and
caught
in
the
pincers
movement
of
the
Russians
on
the
central
front
wost
of
Moscow
failed
today
to
stem
the
relentless
drive
of
the
Red
Army
which
claimed
another
2,500
invaders
had
been
killed
in
overnight
fighting.
Figures.
listed
in
a
'midday
communique
i
brought
to
Bulletins
ONE
SUBMARINE'S
FEAT
PEARL
HARBOR
One
United
States
submarine
has
succeeded
fn
sinking
eight
Japanese
cargo
ships
and
damaging
four
others.
Some
of
the
sinkings
were
so
close
to
the
shores
of
Japan
that
crowds
on
the
beaches
watched
the
proceedings.
SELECTIVE
SERVICE
OTTAWA
The
machinery
of
military
compulsory
service
was
transferred
to
the
national
selective
service
of
which
Arthur
Mc-Namara,
deputy
minister
of
labor,
is
in
charge.
Certificates
will
now
be
given
to
men
unfit
for
military
service-o
whose
call-ups
have
been
postponed.
These
must
be
presented
henceforth
when
applying
for
jobs.
TO
GET
SEA
TRAINING
OTTAWA
The
principle
of
sea
training
for
men
in
the
Army
is
being
adopted
in
Canada
and
will
be
effective
first
on
the
Atlantic
coast.
ALASKA
MAIL
CENSORSHIP
WASHINGTON
There
is
to
be
an
investigation
concerning
the
censorship
of
mail
between
the
Uniied
States
and
Alaska.
TOUR
SUBS
ESCAPE
LONDON
Fcur
French
submarines
are
reported
to
have
escaped
from
Toulon.
Two
have
arrived
at
Algiers
and
are
under
Allied
control
and
one
is
on
the
way
there.
The
fourth
has
been
interned
in
Spain.
Officers
For
Junior
Chamber
Are
Nominated
There
being
no
other
nbmina
Hons
for
the
office.
Robert
Parker
is
expected
to
be
elected
by
accla
mation
as
president
of
the
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
the
an
nual
dinner
meeting
to
be
held
on
Fridav
evening
of
this
week.
Simi
larly,
L.
M.
Felsenthal
will
be
elected
vice-president,
R.
E.
Mortimer,
treasurer,
and
C.
G.
Ham,
secretary.
,
Following
are
nominations
to
six
places
on
the
executive
council:
Ray
Allen.
Ted
Smith.
Lloyd
Morris,
C.
F.
McCarthy.
C.
W.
Kellctt.
Sid
ney
Elkins,
Leonard
Griffiths,
Har
ry
Brooks
and
Tommy
fTaser.
CUSTOMS
REVENUE
rnstnms
and
excise
revenue
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
month
of
November
tnis
year
totalled
$51,141.47.
FATHER
TIME
FOR
WAR
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Dec.
1
CD
Hayden
Tracy.
80-year-old
engineer
"Father
Time"
they
affectlon-
nteiv
call
him.
has
been
recalled
from
a
20-year
retirement
to
be
advisory
engineer
on
ship-building
at
Sausalito.
near
here.
68550
the
toll
of
Axis
dead
In
the
Stalingrad
area
alone
where
some
66,000
were
reported
taken
prisoners.
The
total
dead
on
the
central
front
has
reached
an
announced
total
of
23,000.
'Adolf
Hitler's
own
appeal
13
re-.
ported
to
be
spurring
the
Nazis,
in
their
desperate
but
unsuccessful
night,
to
recapture
railway
lines
south
of
Rzhev
and
southwest
of
Velikie
on
the
central
front.
Red
Star
said
that
Rzhev
Is
so
vital
to
the
Germans'
network
of
communications
that
Hitler
has
telegraphed
the
commander
there
emphasizing
the
threat
to
the
city
and
warning
that
"los3
of
Rzhev
Is
equal
to
the
loss
of
half
of
Berlin."
The
British
Broadcasting
Cor
poration
said'
that
the
Russians
and
Germans
are
already
lockea
In
fierce
fighting
within
-Rzhevand
a
London
Evening
news
dispatch
from
Stockholm
said
Russian
shock
troops
were
battling
the
Germans
from
house
to
house.
Literature
For
Forces
Will
Be
Gathered
Here
To
meet
the
growing
demand
for
good
books
and
magazines
for
the
men
in
the
armed
forces
they
local
branch
of
the
Labor
Youth
Feder
ation
of
Canada
at
a
meeting
of
the
membership
on
Sunday
ae-
clded
to
launch
a
book-oollectlon
campaign
in
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert.
f
t
r
,
Spurred
on
t
he.success
or
similar
campafgns"
In'other
cities
throughout
Canada
and
confident
hat
the
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
will
see
In
this
drive
a
splendid
opportunity
to
aid
the
men
In
uniform,
the
members
decided
to
call
on
other
groups
to
Join
in
putting
the
campaign
over
tne
'od
and
are
asking
the
people
to
give
generously
from
their
bookshelves.
Three
hundred
books
has
been
set
as
the
club
objective,
all
of
which
are
to
be
turned
In
to
local
branches
of
national
organisations
authorized
to
receive
and
distrib
ute
them.
Local
Moose
Women
Active
Prince
RuDert
Chapter,
No.
211.
Women
of
Moose,
of
which
Mrs.
W.
II.
Tolln
Is
senior
regent,
nas
doubled
Its
membership
this
year
and
continues
to
grow.
Tne
atten
tion
and
Interest
of
the
members
centres
principally
at
present
on
war
activities
and
usciui
worit
is
being
done
in
various
ways.
Prince
Rupert
chapter
had
the
distinction
this
year
of
being
the
first
to
be
enrolled
on
the
star
recording
list.
This
is
somewhat
of
on
nccnmnlishment
when
it
is
tak
en
Into
consideration
that
this
U
but
one
of
3000
chapters
throughout
Canada
and
the
United
States
I
with
total
membership
of
62,000,